How Alcohol Affects Your Ability to Drive

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How Alcohol Affects Your Ability to Drive
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Alcohol starts to affect our ability to safely
operate a motor vehicle after the first drink.
The more a person drinks during a meal or while
out enjoying the Toronto club scene, the more the
effects of alcohol become more noticeable and
pronounced.
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The last thing a person should do after drinking
is get behind the wheel of their vehicle and
attempt to drive home.
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Consuming alcohol and driving do not mix and
should be avoided. Driving requires your complete
focus and concentration, which you cannot do if
you are impaired or drunk.
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Concentration When intoxicated, you are not able
to concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
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It only takes one or two drinks to affect your
concentration levels. Driving requires you to
focus on multiple thinks at the same time, like
your speed, other vehicles on the road, and your
location on the road.
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Judgment Our judgement to make rational
decisions is altered when we drink. Even when
there is low levels of alcohol in the blood
stream, our judgment is impaired. Judgement is
our ability to make rational decisions, reason,
plan ahead, and think clearly.
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For instance, when sober the thought of doing an
Edge Walk at the CN Tower scares you because you
dislike heights. Yet, after consuming several
rounds of drinks, now this sounds like it might
be fun to do.
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Vision Our visual responses are affected by
consuming alcohol. It may take longer to focus
our eyes. It can be difficult to determine proper
distances. You may even experience blurred vision
or problems interpreting different colours.
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Coordination Alcohol affects our motor skills
and speech patterns. It can also make it
difficult for us to stand up straight, walk, or
speak clearly.
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Reaction Time Alcohol slows our ability to react
quickly to different stimuli. It takes our brains
longer to process what is going on and form an
appropriate response.
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Comprehension Our ability to comprehend
different images, signs, words, and other such
things becomes more difficult the more we drink.
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Tracking Since many of your bodys functions are
impaired from alcohol, they make it harder to
properly gauge the location of vehicles on the
road, intersections, crosswalks, and so on.
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There can be serious consequences if you are
stopped by the police for erratic driving, like
weaving back and forth, or cause an accident
involving other motorists.
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In addition, if you injure another person,
whether they are in your vehicle or during an
accident, you could potentially open yourself up
to a personal injury lawsuit.
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Should they die from the injuries you caused, not
only could you be sued in civil court by the
persons family, but also be charged with
manslaughter by the Crown. Driving while impaired
or drunk is never worth risking your life and the
lives of others.
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If you have been charged with impaired or drunk
driving, please feel free to contact me, Toronto
criminal defence lawyer, Jeff Hershberg at
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